March is always the month for new train schedules and services and 2024 is no different. JR East will be adding a significant Suica service expansion to 21 stations in […]
Mobile Payments
VISA blocking foreign issue cards for select Japanese in-app and online payments
(Non-JP VISA now works with Apple Pay Suica, latest VISA situation update here) When foreign issue VISA cards in Wallet stopped working for Apple Pay In-App Suica and PASMO recharge […]
FeliCa - NFC
Global NFC Google Wallet will never happen
Let me rephrase that: Global NFC Google Wallet will never happen because it depends on the device’s ability to run Osaifu Keitai apps. To which I’ll add: because Google can’t […]
CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit
Are Google Pixel 5 and Fitbit up to the Global NFC Challenge? (Update: Pixel 5 not)
It’s that time of year again to think about FeliCa support on the Google Pixel platform as Pixel 5 approaches. Ever since Pixel 3 things have been the stuck in […]
Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - Docomo - Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments - Suica
T-POINT? We don’t need no stinkin’ T-POINT
In the ephemeral COVID era we live in assurance don’t come easy, especially with JP cashless market data. Half the fun is taking the crumbs you find, a 1000 person […]
Mobile Payments
Transit Platform Basics
I have attempted to explain the unique Japanese ‘transit platform’ business model in many posts scattered over 3 years. It’s a model that didn’t exist outside of Japan for a […]